Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... passed away into a sound . But the first music must have been vocal , and the first words sung to notes must have been metrical . " Blest pair of Sy- rens , Voice and Verse ! " exclaims the greatest of our poets ( himself a musician ...
... passed away into a sound . But the first music must have been vocal , and the first words sung to notes must have been metrical . " Blest pair of Sy- rens , Voice and Verse ! " exclaims the greatest of our poets ( himself a musician ...
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... passing breath , yet , being once uttered , by possibility may never cease to be repeated . Sculpture to the eye , in palpable materials , is of necessity confined to a few forms , aspects , and atti- tudes . The poet's images are ...
... passing breath , yet , being once uttered , by possibility may never cease to be repeated . Sculpture to the eye , in palpable materials , is of necessity confined to a few forms , aspects , and atti- tudes . The poet's images are ...
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... passed in the presence of that unconscious marble which has given immortality to the pangs of death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through eighteen centuries , -not one had ever before thought of " the rude hut , " the ...
... passed in the presence of that unconscious marble which has given immortality to the pangs of death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through eighteen centuries , -not one had ever before thought of " the rude hut , " the ...
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... periods , before the fashions of those strange times were passed away . Poetry is thus the illuminator of history , the paths of which , 2.222 , in early times , would have been dark THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 37.
... periods , before the fashions of those strange times were passed away . Poetry is thus the illuminator of history , the paths of which , 2.222 , in early times , would have been dark THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 37.
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... passing successively through these , the poetry of Hope was , in each , alluring him forward to the stage beyond ; and even through the matter - of - fact period of maturity continued to decoy him from the every - day business of life ...
... passing successively through these , the poetry of Hope was , in each , alluring him forward to the stage beyond ; and even through the matter - of - fact period of maturity continued to decoy him from the every - day business of life ...
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